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CASE STUDY: Shakira & her star text in relation to her racial/national identity

CASE STUDY: Shakira & her star text in relation to her racial/national identity. BLONDE, SEXY, EXOTIC. BELLY- DANCING!!. HIPS DON'T LIE - SHAKIRA SHAKIRA . SPANISH-SPEAKING POPSTAR!!. By Olivia Atkins, Louise Raw & Stephen Shirley. Shakira's Background.

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CASE STUDY: Shakira & her star text in relation to her racial/national identity

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  1. CASE STUDY: Shakira & her star text in relation to her racial/national identity BLONDE, SEXY, EXOTIC BELLY- DANCING!! HIPS DON'T LIE - SHAKIRA SHAKIRA SPANISH-SPEAKING POPSTAR!! By Olivia Atkins, Louise Raw & Stephen Shirley

  2. Shakira's Background Imagined Geographies: The deconstruction of Shakira • "Woman full of grace" • Hyphenated Ethnicity: Lebanese-Colombian • Barranquilla - Prominent Syro-Lebanese community • "Even at the top of her profession, she's just a girl from Barranquilla" (García Márquez) "I am a walking contradiction... but I accept all of the contradictions within me" [Morgans] "Olá! Bongiorno! Hello! Hola! مرحبا!"

  3. Rise To Fame Magia 1990 Peligro 1993

  4. ORAL FIXATION 1 & 2

  5. Visual Identity • Hair & Body (concerns with alienating homegrown fans) • Dancing • Ability to adapt • First World values vs exotic threat • Shakira markets herself as the "other" Shakira is the Idealised Transnational Citizen (Elena Cepeda)

  6. Lyrical Identity HIPS DON'T LIE : Let me see you move like you come from Colombia Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it! Yeah, she's so sexy, every man's fantasy A refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction No more do we snatch ropes Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats

  7. Lyrical Identity "she rather pointedly expressed her plan to 'conquer' the world through her music" in Latina magazine, 2001. This is the same year that she released WW, and the clip we have just shown you clearly demonstrates her ambitious determination to reach the top. Right: Shakira front-cover of Rolling Stones, 2009

  8. Lyrical Identity WHENEVER, WHEREVER: Lucky that my breasts are small and humble So you don't confuse them with mountains Lucky I have strong legs like my mother To run for cover when I need it Lucky you were born that far away so We could both make fun of distance Lucky that I love a foreign land for The lucky fact of your existence

  9. Identity & Shakira as a Brand • 4th richest woman in music! • Has featured in films and recorded for soundtracks • Numerous reality TV Shows • Adverts: Pepsi & Verizon • Created 'pies descalzos' foundation • Has held benefit concerts to raise money Pies Descalzos "Education really saves lives. Education is key." - Shakira S by Shakira

  10. International Identity • Unicef - Ambassador • Madonna & anti-Iraq video • Colombia cocaine problems • Israeli relations • Beirut gig - Father • WAKA WAKA world cup • Gabriel García Márquez • Won Grammies & Hollywood walk of fame • International family: Pique

  11. Conclusion • Hyphenated ethnicity • Shakira as a contradiction : embraces multiple ethnic identities • Crosses boundaries/borders • Multilingual

  12. Bibliography Cepeda, M. E. (2010) Musical ImagiNation: U.S. Colombian Identity and the Latin Music Boom New York:New York University Press Dennison, S. & Lim, S. H. (2006) Remapping World Cinema: Identity, culture and politics in film. London: Wallflower Diego, X. (2002) Shakira: Woman Full of Grace New York:Simon and Schuster Fuchs, C. N. ' "There's My Territory": Shakira crossing over' in FromBananas to Buttocks; The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture ed. by M. Mendible. Texas:University of Texas Press, 2007, pp.167-181. García Canclini, N. (1995) Hybrid Cultures. Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity London:University of Minnesota Press García Márquez, G. (2002) 'The Poet and the Princess' in Guardian Weekend, 8th June, pp.16-19Accessed on 18/11/2012http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/jun/08/shopping.colombia Gontovnik, M. 'Tracking Transnational Shakira on Her Way to Conquer the World', Zona Próxima:Revista del Instituto de Estudios en Educación, no.13 (2010), pp.142-155. Roccio Nacer, M. (2008) Tra(n)zando Identidades: Colombian Neighborhoods, Images, and Narratives from Narco-Trafficking to Beauty Queens Ann Arbor: Proquest Said, E. (1978) Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient London:Routledge and Kegan Shaw, L. & Dennison, S. (2005) Pop Culture Latin America!: media, arts and lifestyle London:ABC-CLIO pp.50-6. Shaw, L. & Dennison, S. (eds.) (2005) Latin American Cinema. Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity London: McFarland http://www.michel-foucault.com/concepts/index.html- The Work of Michel Foucault http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3zIxuQlWeo- Shakira and García Márquez Dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-vhSXqpTS4- MTV Being Shakira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRHyjj34ZE Shakira- Whenever, Wherever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM- Shakira- Hips Don't Lie

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